Narayanan

As a normal end user, I found three things Linux Gave which were not given by Windows

Free Operating System and Solution. Community Support. Best use of Hardware through the software - definitely longer battery life, soothing display features and faster than windows equivalent on similar hardware

Windows is secured, when you use the original one and also do not install any pirated software. On a normal personal computer for personal use, it is a rare find and hence Linux is the best solution for Personal Usage.

I am having a POP3 Access and have a setting that once downloaded, the mail in the server gets deleted. However sent emails are available in the server and I need to manually delete them for every few years to free-up space.

Even in IMAP if I make the setting, if I delete, it should be deleted in the server. I found that all the emails including deleted are moved to “All Mails” and I need to manually clear all the mails to free-up space.

So Gmail makes you to work very hard to free-up storage space.

Outlook is better email administrator compared with Gmail.

I enjoy AOL (1TB) and Yahoo (20GB) and I also learned that I can move the mails from Server to PC by simple local archive tool available on my Thunderbird for Desktop.;

I would say go with Yahoo for Personal Mails and Outlook for Official Mails in case there is a paid service as it gives 50GB Email space and can be managed excellently well. Even free is 15GB purely for email - making it better than Gmail.

Further MS Copilot as far as my experience says is less intrusive and better assistant for office work compared with Gemini. Gemini is great for those who want to create audio, video and image contents but when it comes to Text Content and Interactions it still lacks.

Hi

My first choice is always a Fedora XFCE Spin followed by Linux Mint XFCE. I tested 72 Distributions including and more than what you have explained and nothing ever won both by head and heart like Fedora and Linux Mint.

VN

MUOMember Yes, but I receive some PDF Articles and Files from my friends, students and clients and therefore only important emails account to 1GB a year for me. I just on daily basis delete all spams, promo and useless junk emails

I also archive the emails and back-it-up properly. So 1-2 years of email alone resides on the server and rest are all on my hard disk. This is possible with Thunderbird and using Traditional Yahoo, Gmail and Outlook emails itself. With E2E Free Plugins important client’s communication are well protected.

It’s 1 GB Free. You would exhaust 1GB eMails within an year now a days

So not a great free tier

Better use Thunderbird with E2E Free Plugin if you want.